Police uncover 300 cannabis plants, $14,000 cash

A MAN has been charged after more than 300 cannabis plants were seized and more than $14,000 cash was located by police.

Following an ongoing investigation targeting illicit drug supply in Nimbin and Lismore, about 10.30am on Tuesday, police executed a search warrant at a property on Upper Tuntable Falls Road, Nimbin.

During the search, officers from Richmond Local Area Command allegedly located a hydroponic setup in a shed at the property and seized a total of 335 cannabis plants, about 6kg of cannabis heads and more than $14,000 cash.

About 4pm yesterday, a 43-year-old man was arrested at a home on Upper Tuntable Falls Road, Nimbin.

He was taken to Lismore Police Station and charged with five offences, including supplying cannabis (large commercial quantity), cultivating a prohibited plant (large commercial quantity), enhanced indoor cultivate cannabis for commercial purpose, cultivating cannabis (commercial quantity), and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.